3. Foreign nationals wishing to apply for a PhD Program have to submit an application online by June 3, 2015.

At
the conclusion of the online application process, applicants must
attach a PDF file with a maximum size of 30 MB, written in English or
Italian and containing:

A
Curriculum Vitae with details of achieved degree(s), relevant
examination results and/or results of degree requirements with
assessment and/or grade (i.e., transcript details), and the date of
degree achievement. Admission applications may be submitted also by
Foreign candidate who will be awarded an undergraduate degree by 31
October, 2015. In this case, please include a full documentation of the
exams already taken;

A Research Proposal (maximum size of one page on A4 paper), also indicating the area of interest of the research;

A List of Publications

4.
Foreign candidate are also required to provide two recommendation forms
& corresponding letters on university letterhead from two
university professors either in Italy or abroad.

A
possible version of the recommendation form can be found in the menu on
right side on this web page (click on Letter of Recommendation). The
recommendation letters must be sent from the signatory to the
coordinator's email that can be found on the italian version of the PhD
call (Bando 2015/16) within the strict deadline of 3 June 2015 .

5. Foreign candidate who:

- have been awarded a scholarship or other form of economic fund guaranteed and certified by an International organization

-considered eligible for the course by the PhD Coordinator on the basis of the documents and the curriculum and the interview

will
be admitted for the enrollment in the PhD program for which they
applied, up to a maximum of positions available in this category for
each PhD.

The
certification regarding the mentioned fund or grant must be sent to PhD
Office by 31 October, 2015. In case of non submission of the documents,
applicants will not proceed to the registration of the PhD program,
even if selected.

6. Candidates who cannot count on any scholarship or other form of economic fund will have to take the required examination.

7.Candidates whose two letters of recommendation are not received will be excluded from selection.

8.
Candidates will also be excluded from the selection process if they
fail to disclose in their Curriculum Vitae relevant examination results
and/or results of degree requirements with assessment and/or grade
(i.e., transcript details), and the date of degree achievement.

9.
Candidates will also be excluded if they hold a degree which the
Coordinator does not consider equivalent to an Italian degree or
equivalent to the Program’s requirements.

10.
Candidates possessing a degree(s) not achieved in Italy will have to
submit to the PhD Office a Declaration of Relative Value (“Dichiarazione
di Valore Relativa al Titolo”) within three months of registration.

The
Declaration is obtainable from the Italian Embassy or Consulate in the
country where the degree was completed. Candidates whose Declaration of
Relative Value is not shown will be excluded from the PhD Program.

11.
Please note that scholarships or grants awarded by our University are
incompatible with other scholarships already received or in progress on
all the Italian territory.

12. Certificates regarding the declared qualifications must be delivered to the PhD Office by the date of enrolment.

Section 3

1.
Applications will be evaluated by the Coordinator or by a Committee
appointed by the Coordinator of the PhD Program and will admit
candidates deemed suitable.

2. At the end of the second and third year students will be evaluated by the Faculty for admission to the following years.

A
possible version of the recommendation form can be found in the right
menu on this web page (click on Letter of Recommendation). The
recommendation letters must be sent from the signatory to the
coordinator's email that can be found on the italian version of the PhD
call (Bando 2015/16) within the strict deadline of 3 June 2015